Comment on Do you meditate?
HubertManne@piefed.social 8 hours agoI don't understand how that would work while working. How can I think of nothing when I have to focus on tasks.
Comment on Do you meditate?
HubertManne@piefed.social 8 hours agoI don't understand how that would work while working. How can I think of nothing when I have to focus on tasks.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
You don’t necessarily have to think about “nothing”. Just think about what’s right in front of you, and then the next thing and the next thing. Be present in this each moment, and then let that moment go, so that you can be present in the next one. Time flies by, but you don’t miss an instant. No distractions. No attachments.
HubertManne@piefed.social 8 hours ago
Ok I could see that but im almost always multitasking. I just can't imagine doing it.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
It actually makes multitasking easier. If you loosen your concentration, you can actually focus on more than one thing at a time. My job is very detail-oriented, and sometimes involves long periods of repetitive manual tasks, that require both mental and physical concentration in order to perform correctly. This type of meditation helps me do everything easily, and without any mistakes.
Once I get in “the zone”, I can use both my left and right hands with the same degree of control, and can maintain focus on several tasks at once without having to “switch” back and forth between them. Timing and precision just seem to melt together, and everything becomes effortless and smooth.
Then before I know it, hours have flown by in what feels like minutes, but I haven’t lost any time. I remember every detail of what I did. It’s like my mind goes quiet, my body goes full-auto, and my entire awareness is just there to observe, record and occasionally course-correct.